Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
How far before turning should you signal in city driving?
- Only when you start turning the steering wheel
- At least 100 feet before the turn — correct answer
- After you have already started the turn
Why
Signal at least 100 feet before the turn in city driving, so drivers behind have time to react before you slow down.
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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